Spam subject lines = Accidental poetry

[capri0mni]

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I can see how this would get past an auto spam blocker (like aol's). But I can't see how it would get past a human recipient. It had a file attachment, too.

There's a strange beauty to the rhythm of the words, though. I wonder what algorithm the generator uses.

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[alto2.livejournal.com]

I've been surprised at how long those are. I got a few at work a few months ago that I've seriously considered using as story ideas (one had something to do with a woman living in a garage with her baby and a hedgehog, or some such thing--surely there's a story in that!). And I've said for a while that Jasper Fforde's next book should use spam names for characters ;)

[capriuni.livejournal.com]

Back in April, I got Three spam subject lines (http://capriuni.livejournal.com/266982.html) that did lead to some very good fics.

... Who's Jasper Fforde? Is that a typo in his name, or is he Welsh?

[alto2.livejournal.com]

You've never heard of Jasper Fforde? The Thursday Next books? The Eyre Affair, Lost in a Good Book, etc, where Thursday Next is a Literary Detective and comes into contact with characters named things like Braxton Hicks, Paige Turner, and my personal favorite, Jack Schitt...and some having to do with Mother Goose characters. I've only read the first so far, but they're loads of fun. :)

[capriuni.livejournal.com]

I plead "A needle in a needle stack!" There are so many good books, it's very hard to know about all of them... even the ones that are right up one's alley. And these sound like some of those. I'll have to keep an eye open for them...